Leon High School

Leon High School

Summer Reading Assignment 2012

English II

This assignment is required for all incoming 10th graders and is due to your English teacher the first day of school.

Although we encourage you to purchase a new or used copy of the book, the

required essays are available both in the book and on the website.

Five of the essays must come from the lists below. The other five may

also come from the lists, or you may choose other essays in the book or

on the website at http://thisibelieve.org/search/.

· “In Giving I Connect With Others” – Allende p. 13

· “Remembering All the Boys” – Bautista p. 16

· “Good Can Be as Communicable as Evil” – Corwin p. 40

· "Natural Links in a Long Chain of Being" - Hanson p. 109

· "Talking with the Sun" - Harjo p. 112

· "A New Birth of Freedom" - Hodder p. 123

· “A Duty to Heal” – Kamau p. 132

· “The Bright Lights of Freedom” – Koh p. 141

· “The Power of Mysteries” – Lightman p. 147

· "Mysterious Connections That Link Us Together" - Nafisi p. 171

· "We Are Each Other's Business" - Patel p. 178

· "The America I Believe In" - Powell p. 184

· "Finding Prosperity by Feeding Monkeys" – Taw p. 238

· “Creative Solutions to Life’s Challenges” – Walker p. 250

· “Goodness Doesn’t Just Happen” – West p. 253

Articles available on the website that may be of interest, especially to teenagers are:

· “Accomplishing Big Things In Small Pieces” by William Wissemann

· “Finding the Flexibility to Survive” by Brighton Early

· “Inner Strength from Desperate Times” by Jake Hovenden

· “A Duty to Family, Heritage, and Country” by Ying Ying

· “Kind Gestures” by Maria Jose

· “Everything Happens for a Reason” by Meredyth, from Miami Shores

Now, carefully read the directions about the Writing Assignment

portion of the Summer Reading Requirement that are on the back of this

page. Then, get started. For your teachers, your work will serve as an

insight into your writing and reading abilities, so do your best!

Good Luck!

Writing Assignment : Your work for Part I and Part II MUST be submitted in a composition notebook, similar to the one pictured on the left. Your entries may be handwritten, or typed and glued, on the appropriate pages. Either way, they should be neat and should show Lion’s pride in your work! To earn full credit for the summer reading assignment, you must complete Part I, Part II, (and Part III for Honors and Gifted only).

Composition Book Pages 1 and 2

Part I: For each of the ten essays you choose to read: write the title, the author’s name, and three to four sentences that offer a summary and brief personal response.

Composition Book Pages 3, 4, 5 (each paragraph must be on its own page)

Part II: Of the ten essays you read, choose one that is the most like you, one that is the least like you, and the one you think is the most well-written. For each of these three, write one paragraph explaining your selection and why/how. (You should end up with three separate paragraphs, each with a clear topic sentence, specific details from the article, and personal connections for support.)

(Honors/Gifted ONLY)

Part III: Select the text you wish to read from the list below. Then, complete a Major Works Data Sheet. You will need to fill the MWDS (Major Works Data Sheet) in electronically. This form will be available on the Leon High School website. Make sure that you also save your work in multiple locations (hard-drive, usb-drive, email to yourself, etc.). When you receive your www.turnitin.com account information at the start of the school year, you will submit your electronic copy to this source for official grading. Additionally, you must bring a printed copy of your MWDS with you on the first day of school.

· Siddhartha – Hermann Hesse

· The Count of Monte Cristo – Alexandre Dumas

· The Good Earth – Pearl Buck

· 1984 – George Orwell

· Lord of the Flies – William Golding

· Purple Hibiscus – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

· A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier – Ishmael Beah

· In the Time of the Butterflies – Julia Alvarez

· Little Bee – Chris Cleave (*note mature content)

Susan David

Media Specialist

Leon High School

550 East Tennessee

Tallahassee, Fl. 32308

850-488-1971 Ext 1560